Film review: Sex and the City: The Movie (+video)
They're still smart. They're still sassy. The frocks are still sensational. Occasionally, they're still shocking. But are the ageing girls from Sex and the City still sexy?
The answer, Sex fans will be pleased to know, is yes - even if Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha's make-up is slightly thicker these days.
Despite the six-year gap since the end of the hit HBO show, things haven't changed much in the world of Sex and the City.
Carrie is still the world's hardest-working clothes horse. Charlotte is still stuck-up and baby mad. Miranda is still a stressed-out working mum.
And Samantha still loves sex - even if her relationship commitment means she has to watch her neighbour's threesomes to get her fix.
More importantly, the quartet still treat the world as their catwalk, and every waking moment is an opportunity for a fashion show.
Is that snow outside? Pass me the miniskirt and the four-inch heels, please.
Yep, there are probably more 'what the heck is she wearing?' moments in Sex and the City: The Movie than the entire TV series combined, but the girls' first foray onto the big screen also deals with bigger themes.
Carrie has a wedding to plan. Charlotte has adopted a child and is pregnant. Miranda has kicked out her cheating husband. And Samantha is struggling with the commitment involved in a long term relationship.
Without giving too many plot details away, central themes revolve around friendship, ageing, betrayal and forgiveness - between their partners, and the girls themselves.
After a montage of highlights from the TV show, the film moves along at a cracking pace, and the extravagant two-and-a-half hour running time flies by.
But the snappy dialogue that made the show so watchable is only visible in patches. Instead, there's an over-reliance on toilet humour. A horny puppy humping a pillow is funny the first time, but not the fifth.
And while the TV show regularly broke boundaries of bad taste and shocked audiences with its filthy content, it's not surprising that the film only occasionally achieves this.
When it does, most of it comes from reliable sources, like Samantha's potty mouth and Miranda's laid-back beauty regime. If her "forest" of pubic hair doesn't have you covering your eyes, a gruesomely intimate sex scene with her partner, Steve Brady, almost certainly will.
But, thanks to a fast-paced plot that keeps audiences guessing until the ultra-cheesy end, Sex succeeds in being a stand alone movie. That's something few films based on hugely popular TV shows achieve.
Even if it feels like a celebration of what was, rather than the beginning of something new, this trip down memory lane sure is a heck of a lot of frock-filled fun. And one that's strictly for the girls.
Sex and the City: The Movie
Director: Michael Patrick King
Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Chris Noth
Rated: R16
Time: 145 minutes
Trailer: Flicks.co.nz
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